Your latest copy of Blues Matters! delivers!

Regulars Features

8 TOP TEN

Arnie Goodman

12 HAPPENIN NEWS

Blues News

16 INTERVIEWS

Alice Stuart, Ben Poole, Dion DiMucci, Eric Johnson, John Verity, Kirsten Thien, Mitch Laddie, Phillip Fankhauser, Joe Bonamassa talks of Rory Gallagher, Stoney Curtis Band, Thorbjorn Risager, Warren Haynes.

100 CD REVIEWS

Over 60 reviews

118 GOT LIVE

Beth Hart, Bob Brunning Tribute Night, Mercey Lounge, Joe Bonamassa, Rick Payne & The Blues Cowboys, Walter Trout, W. T. Feaster Band, Woody Mann.

130 COMPETITION

Win CD’s ‘New Orleans - Blues, Soul & Jazz Gumbo’ box set.

64 FEATURES

Blues in Spain pt 2, Blues Criuse, Howlin’ for Hubert, International Blues Challenge, Richard Harney ‘Hacksaw’, Tin Guitars, New Brunswick Battle of the Blues, Raw Guitars, Interview with Fred Vigdor, Blues Radio.

90 FESTIVAL FEVER

Scarborough Mini Festival, Bowness Festival, Blues at the Pier Cromer, Mainsforth Blues Festival.

CD REVIEWS page 100

24 PESOS, ANDY WHITE, BAP KENNEDY, BIG JAMES AND THE CHICAGO PLAYERS, BLUESMIX, BONNIE RAITT, CHERRY LEE MEWIS, CONTINO, DAVE KELLER, DICK DALE, ERIC BELL, ETTA JAMES, GUITAR NOT SO SLIM, LARRY MILLER, LITTLE G WEEVIL, MAC ARNOLD’S BLUES REVIVAL, MICHAEL MESSER, MICROWAVE DAVE AND THE NUKES, MITCH LADDIE, MOE, MR. BOOGIE WOOGIE, NIGEL BAGGE, OTIS GIBBS, OTIS TAYLOR, PJ O’BRIEN, POPLAR JAKE, ROB TOGNONI, ROBERTA FLACK, SCOTTY ALAN, SEAN TAYLOR, SIMON McBRIDE, STEVIE COCHRANE, THE CASH BOX KINGS, THE RUCKUS, KING BIZKIT, SEAN TAYLOR, THE HUT PEOPLE, THE NIMMO BROTHERS, HEARFIELD, TROMBONE SHORTY etc.etc.

Blues Matters! 6 Cover feature Ladies, Gentlemen, subscribers and fellow Blues fans let us introduce you in this issue to a rising talent from the USA, Miss Kirsten Thien. Another talented performer brought to you by your favourite magazine………..

Ben Poole

Stoney Curtis

Mitch Laddie

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Thorbjorn Risager

EricJohnson

AliceStuart

DionDiMucci

Phillipp Fankhauser

JohnVerity

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